Hoa Binh on the way to build civilised, modern city

6/25/2018 - 3:01:01 PM

(HBO) – After 10 years of becoming an urban area grade 3, Hoa Binh city has step by step affirmed its role and position of a central urban area, paving the way for making Hoa Binh province a key economic area of Hanoi capital, and developing Hoa Binh city into an urban area grade 2, a modern city imbued with local culture identity by 2020.

Hoa Binh Square area is built to match its position

In 2016 to 2017, total social investment in the province reached 5.23 trillion VND. The figure hit 7 trillion VND by June 30, 2018. Many projects were completed and put into use, contributing to giving a facelift to the city, including Hoa Binh Square, sidewalks system, and upgraded roads.

The city is striving to speed up the implementation of programmes and projects under the Northern Mountainous Urban Programme; a water drainage and wastewater treatment projects using ODA; and an administrative-political centre of the city, and the Hoa Binh 3 bridge with total investment of 434 billion VND.

Recently, the city has introduced adjustments to a detailed construction planning of the Hoa Binh Youth Park at a scale of 1/500. The project covers an area of 8.23 hectares. The amusement park with has green space, water surface combined with activities of entertainment, learning, relaxation. The Hoa Binh Youth Park has been approved in the form of public-private partnership with estimated investment of about 214 billion VND. It is expected to finish and become operational in the third quarter of 2020.

In addition, the city has implemented a project to install energy saving LEDs in the form of build-lease-transfer (BLT) contract with a total investment of 36.185 billion VND to equip the normal electric lighting infrastructure with LED lighting technology, contributing to improving the beauty of the city. At the same time, the city has also implemented the project of Vincom Shophouse Hoa Binh, a trade centre project invested by Vingroup.

Along with building infrastructure, emulation activities and movements to build a bright - green - clean - beautiful city have been implemented effectively. Locals have actively responded to activities such as Green Day, self-governing road, civilized streets, garbage-free residential areas, and Green Sunday.

Currently, 100 percent of wards and communes have joined Green Saturday, while nearly 100 streets managed by the youth and women have been formed, and 100 percent of local schools have engaged in the Cultural School Gate campaign. The city has continued to expand the model of "civilized streets, garbage-free residential areas". The percentage of people provided with waste collection and treatment service is 95 percent and the percentage of treated medical wastes is 100 percent./.

Da Giang pedestrian street bustling with River of Light Vol 2 art performance

The People's Committee of Hoa Binh city, in collaboration with ZaiZai Media, organised an art performance programme themed ‘Dong song anh sang Vol 2' (River of Light Vol 2) at a stage in the Da Giang pedestrian street on February 22 evening. The programme was attended by representatives from local agencies and organisations, and crowds of local residents.

A Trusted Healthcare Institution for the People

These days, alongside the national healthcare sector, the staff, doctors and nurses of Hoa Binh Provincial General Hospital are engaging in the meaningful activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 – February 27, 2025).

Dao ethnic village sees major changes

Dang Long village of the Dao ethnic people in Hung Son commune of Kim Boi district has seen remarkable changes. Solid concrete roads now connect the area, flanked by lush pomelo orchards. The lives of the Dao people have significantly improved.

Hoa Binh makes progress in enforcing 2024 Land Law

Following the 2024 Land Law coming into effect, Hoa Binh province has made significant progress in enforcing the law in day-to-day practices. With close oversight and strong coordination across local agencies, the implementation of the law has become more methodological, leading to noticeable improvements in land management.

The Labor Union of Lac Son District: Sharing love with the employees

As one of the units with a large number of union members and employees, Lac Son District’s Labor Union has implemented many meaningful and humane activities and programs to bring a warm and full spring to the employees, the civil servants and the laborers. Thereby, it aims to encourage and motivate the union members and laborers to try to compete in labor production, successfully completing the tasks at the agencies, units and enterprises.